#AAE162#AAE162

#AAE162 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.167 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE162
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(86, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -37.53, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 67.00, 124.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.1054 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.167 129)
XYZ	xyz(45.7071, 63.2773, 21.3585)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE162 #9962E1

analogous

#E1D862 #AAE162 #6AE162

triadic

#AAE162 #62AAE1 #E162AA

tetradic

#AAE162 #62E1D8 #9962E1 #E1626A

square

#AAE162 #62E1D8 #9962E1 #E1626A

split-complementary

#AAE162 #626AE1 #D862E1

monochromatic

#6DA820 #8ED72F #AAE162 #C6EB95 #E2F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#AAE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#AAE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE162

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE162	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.167 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea92',
    500: '#aae162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae162;
$custom-light: #c6ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.984,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84565,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.63278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE162

secondary

#6C3DAB

accent

#16D066

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE162

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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